In Lithuania, Biden plans to meet with President Dalia Grybauskaite and Latvia’s President Andris Berzins.

The meetings with the NATO allies are part of a broader US campaign to persuade Putin to back off in Ukraine. As Biden was preparing to leave for Europe, Putin recognized Crimea’s independence and the US imposed the most comprehensive sanctions against Russian officials since the Cold War.

Latvia and Estonia share borders with Russia, and Poland and Lithuania are nearby.

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